“…In July, the exhibition was exhibited at Congress House and this photograph shows the TUC General Secretary, Len Murray, looking at the display. …”

“…In addition, railway cleaners based in West London came out on strike for equal pay, despite the advice of J.H. Thomas, General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen.…”

“…1945 1939-1945 "Bricklayers' output, 1945" [HFR0222], 1945 When newspaper articles suggested that the delays in dealing with the housing shortages caused by bomb damage were caused by union restrictions on the number of bricks that could be laid each day, Richard Coppock, General Secretary of the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives, issued this press release denying any union rules on output. …”

“…1978 1974-79 "Race relations in East London - TUC statement, 1978" [BW0014], 1978, Trades Union Congress Following racist violence in the East End of London, Len Murray (TUC General Secretary) and Bill Keys (Chair of the TUC Equal Rights Committee) visited Brick Lane in August 1978 to meet the Bethnal Green and Stepney Trades Council, representatives of the local Asian community and other residents. …”

“…In 1898, he attended the annual conference of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and was elected to various union posts, becoming assistant secretary of the newly formed National Union of Railwaymen in 1913 and General Secretary from 1917. He was TUC President in 1920. …”

“…1894 1880-1914 "Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union annual report 1894" [T0257.jpg], 1894 The Dockers Union was formed in 1889, following the London Dock Strike, with Tom Mann as President and Ben Tillett as General Secretary. 30,000 members were enrolled into the new union and this had risen to 57,000 in 1890. …”

“…1889 1880-1914 "Gas Workers' rally at Peckham Rye, 1889" [T0035.jpg], 1889 The National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers was formed at a meeting in Canning Town Public Hall on 31 March 1889, which was addressed by Will Thorne (1857-1946), himself a gasworker, Ben Tillett and other members of the Social Democratic Federation. With Thorne as General Secretary, within four months, the union had 20,000 members and over 60 branches across the country. …”

“…The Chairman of the WEWNC was Arthur Henderson, General Secretary of the Labour Party, until he joined the Government.…”

“…1942 1939-1945 "Anne Loughlin, 1942" [EP0082], 1942 Anne Loughlin [1894-1979] became a trade union organiser in 1915 and was General Secretary of the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers 1948-1953. …”

“…1921 1918-1939 "Trade Unions and the Ex-Service Men, 1921" [T0131.jpg], 1921, Caledonian Press Ltd "Trade Unions and the Ex-Service Men" by Fred Bramley, Assistant Secretary of the TUC (1921). Bramley was General Secretary of the TUC 1923-1925. This pamphlet was written in response to criticisms made by the Government and the Press that the reintroduction of union rules and conditions for access to the workplace, suspended during World War I by the Treasury Agreement 1915, were obstructing the re-employment of ex-servicemen. …”

“…In 1970, he became the Union's General Secretary and sat on the TUC General Council 1970-78. …”

“…On TUC platform in this photograph are [l-r] Moss Evans, Tom Jackson, David Basnett, Ken Baker, Bill Sirs [at microphone], Noel Hayes [TUC staff], Len Murray [TUC General Secretary], Roy Buckton, Clive Jenkins, Ken Graham [TUC staff]…”

“…Fred Bramley (TUC General Secretary 1923-1925) is seated, holding hat, at centre of the photograph. …”

“…1958 "David Lea" [BW0037], Trades Union Congress David Lea joined the TUC in 1964 as a research officer, became Head of the Economic Department, then Assistant General Secretary from 1978 until 1999. Whilst at the TUC, he was secretary of the TUC-Labour Party Liaison Committee from 1972 to 1994, a member of the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth from 1974 until 1979, the Delors Committee on Economic and Social Concepts in the Community 1977 to 1979, the Kreisky Commission on Unemployment in Europe 1986-89, a member of the Working Party on Economic and Social Concepts in the EEC, and a Vice President of the European TUC. …”

“…After the war, he worked as liaison officer for the TUC in British-occupied Germany and later as assistant general secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. …”

“…He was appointed as TUC assistant secretary in 1917 and elected as general secretary in 1923. He was a member of the 1924 TUC delegation to Russia and died in October 1925, while attending a meeting of the International Federation of Trade Unions in Amsterdam.…”

“…He joined the TUC as an assistant in the Economics Department in 1947 and became Head of that Department in 1954. He was General Secretary of the TUC, 1973-1984 and was created Lord Murray of Epping Forest in 1985. …”

“…In 1921, Ernest Bevin (1881-1951) became the first General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union. …”

“…As shown here, the TUC also produced a record with a message from Victor Feather, TUC General Secretary, 'Time to think again' on one side and calypso music and song 'Cooperate not legislate' by Horace James Steel Band on the other.…”

“…His transcript describes a number of turning points, the murder of Altab Ali in 1978, which focused nationwide attention on racism, and Len Murray's visit to Brick Lane that year (TUC General Secretary) In this clip he describes how the Bangaldeshi youth responded to racist attacks from the National Front, and how they became the focus for anti-racism in London, if not UK-wide.. …”